BlackBerry 10 Launch Date Set

At long last RIM is finally ready to battle iOS and Android. Well, not quite yet, but in about two and a half months, it will be.

RIM announced a BlackBerry 10 launch event on Jan. 30, 2013 on Monday. The Canadian company hopes the next-generation mobile operating system and its accompanying smartphones will be give it a competitive edge against iOS and Android. BlackBerry 10 was expected to launch in 2012 before the holidays but was pushed to the first quarter of 2013 for unspecified reasons.